Day -2 : NaNoWriMo

Hello.

When I sent a twitter out about my decision to use the NaNoWriMo to write a book, based on a film I was doing, @Oddernod, my friend Ryan Summers, tweeted back to me that it was a good idea.

So, this is all his fault. ;-) (oh no, trying to find a scapegoat!)

Several books on screenwriting that I have read, including this one state that you could make a novel out of your screenplay and sell it for big bucks. Now, I don't think I could sell this novel for big bucks, heck I don't know if it will sell at all, but I think that the NaNoWriMo is a good idea for a writer. It pushes your buttons, makes you stretch as a writer. And, turns out, gets you some discounts on some software, and that is't bad.

I think I'm doing the writing equivalent of eating Brussels Sprouts. And I love Brussels Sprouts.

A bit about me, I've been working about the Visual Effects Industry for about 10 years, but nothing has really come of it. But, originally I came to California to be in THE INDUSTRY (and by the Industry, I really mean "The Business.") I thought, foolishly as it turned out, that VFX would be an easier way to break in that what I really wanted to do, which was writing.

But writing wasn't the end. I pictured myself as becoming a writer for pictures, then becoming a director, then producer, then owner of my own studio. Making the best movies for the most people. Good, entertaining movies... yeah...

Didn't quite work out that way.

Here I am, doing a novel which will eventually be a movie... or an animated movie. Or maybe a comic book. But it will be something else, other than a novel. Which it isn't. YET!

Today, I went over the story I had knocked out in a beat outline. You know; they go here, they do this, it makes them feel that, and it references a point you forgot to write in an earlier scene, better make note of it. That sort of an outline.

I've taken the original plot, made some (pretty) heavy modifications to plot points and such. And I think I've managed to work it out. I'll go over the plot and a few of the character outlines tomorrow, in anticipation of starting writing on Tuesday.

I'm a little apprehensive, actually. I don't know that I can do this, from an actual point of view. From a writing it stand point, technically, I am sure I can do it. But can I do it and make sure its a good story.

Well, let's see if I can.

P.S. If I do fail, its all Ryan's fault. Tell him so, @Oddernod on twitter.